So the company, sticking to its project motto of “speed wins,” built its own, in just about 10 weeks.

By the time the spinoff was completed in December, the intranet, Passport, was up and running—and pretty popular. In its first month, Passport earned 4,000 visits with 24,000 page views. Even so, the work isn’t entirely finished yet.

Quick turn

Though TripAdvisor’s employees knew the spinoff was coming, Expedia didn’t set an exact date for it until shortly before it happened. So TripAdvisor’s staff started by immediately finding a partner to help build the intranet. In September, the company signed a contract with Sequel Group to pull things together.